Detection of Neisseria meningitidis DNA from skin lesion biopsy using real-time PCR: Usefulness in the aetiological diagnosis of purpura fulminans

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1168-1172

  Staquet, Pierre ^a   Lemee, Ludovic ^a,b   Verdier, Eva ^a   Bonmarchand, Guy ^a   Laudenbach, Vincent ^a   Michel, Christine ^a   Lemeland, Jean Francois ^a,b   Marret, Stephane ^a   Blanc, Thierry ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; Purpura fulminans; Real time PCR; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; FULMINATING PURPURA; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 34447136941     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0667-2     Document Type: Article

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